FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hans Gross, Forensic Science, Sexual Assault
14 Dec 2015
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Study of shape, size, distribution and location of stain. Provides info about the events that created the stain and pattern. Bpa tells about the how (not who) S a one piece of a multi-disciplined investigation: biochemistry, physics, fluid mechanics, trajectory analysis (ballistics, chemistry, other physical evidence (fingerprints, dna, witness statement, pathology, electronic (video) Liquid blood will behave according to the laws of physics. Formation and appearance of stain patterns is surface dependent. What info can bpa provide: impact location, movement of people or objects during or after bloodshed, sequence of events. Hans gross (2847-1915: austrian professor of criminal law, coined the term criminalistics . The scientific study of crime: described the importance of blood marks and traces of blood, preservation of blood marks during investigation. D. victor balthazard (french) o: area of origin. 2014: nist forms organization of scientific area committees, osac. Regina v. mcpherson and burke (1878: whitby, on, rape and murder.
